Iirc a talk about the Gameboy hardware @ Chaos Communication Congress correctly, the system _requires_ the Nintendo logo shown at game startup to be present, otherwise it won't boot. And showing the Nintendo logo without authorization/licensing from Nintendo is copyright infringement.
This is likely not the case on the N64, but it's an interesting bit of detail of how Nintendo goes about things.
This is likely not the case on the N64, but it's an interesting bit of detail of how Nintendo goes about things.